My best friend beat ff7 and told me I had to play these games. When he beat that it was right around when ff8 came out. So I bought ff8 and after getting to the 3rd disc, my memory card fried. I was 10 or 11 at the time and I had spent so much time I broke down and cried my butt off lol. So I restarted and beat that. When I realized it was my favorite game ever, I then went on to #7, which coincidentally, after the 2nd disc my memory card fried again and I refused to restart it. I didn't actually finish ff7 till this past year @ 23 now. I guess thats why I rank 8 above 7...b/c I never forgave the fried memory card and beat it when I was a child.